S. Lynneth Solis and Maleka Donaldson each won the 2016-2017 AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research based upon their scholarly achievements, the quality of their proposed research, and their potential to contribute to education research.  To have one winner is wonderful enough, but to have two from the same small lab is extraordinary!  The rest of us in the lab who know Maleka and Lynneth are not surprised but we are very, very proud and happy for them!

With the Paris Climate Changes conversations in mind, the Usable Knowledge website at the Harvard Graduate School of Education interviewed Tina Grotzer about how educators can help students understand the complexity of environmental change. You can find a link to the story here: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/15/12/teaching-environment

What Are Innovative Ways to Teach Causality? Part 3: Virtual Worlds  The Center for Health and the Global Environment features a video of Tina Grotzer talking about our EcoLearn Projects and the ways that virtual worlds can invite students to reason about the causal dynamics that impact ecosystems and how our actions can impact the health of the environment.  It can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rg9RNcIKLI

What are Innovative Ways to Teach Causality? Part 1: Patterns in Science  The Center for Health and the Global Environment features a video of Tina Grotzer talking about materials that can help teachers teach the causal patterns embedded in science curricula so that students emerge with a deeper understanding. It can be found here: http://www.chgeharvard.org/resource/what-are-innovative-ways-teach-causality-part-1-patterns-science